Ana Ivanovic brisbane

Belgium's Kim Clijsters and Ana Ivanovic, former world numbers one and three seeded teams, respectively, were imposed in their duels in the second round on fast track in Brisbane.

Belgium's Kim Clijsters and Ana Ivanovic, former world numbers one and three seeded teams, respectively, were imposed in their duels in the second round on fast track in Brisbane.

The Flemish tennis had no trouble removing the local for a swift Alicia Molik 6-0 6-3, while Serbian needed three sets (6-2, 2-6, 6-4) to beat the Swiss Timea Bacsinzky.

In the quarterfinals, Clijsters will be the winner of the match between Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak (N.6) and Czech Lucie Safarova, while Ivanovic will face which expires on the pulse between Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Italy's Roberta Vinci .

After his victory the day, The Belgian was asked by the victorious return in Brisbane compatriot Justine Henin, whom could be in the final.

"I saw a little of the game on TV was amazing. He moved really well and seemed to have been withdrawn," he said.

In the men's, the fourth favorite, Czech Tomas Berdych, debuted to triumph over Australian Nick Lindahl (6-2, 6-4), but the tournament lost two of their top seed: the American Sam Querrey (N.5) and Austria's Jurgen Melzer (N.6).

Querrey fell to his compatriot James Blake (4-6, 6-3, 6-4), while Melzer was surprised by another aussie representative, Matthew Ebden (7-5, 6-1).

Ana Ivanovic will be in the Tournament of Brisbane, with which formally will start the 2010 season

Ana Ivanovic will be in the Tournament of Brisbane, with which formally will start the 2010 season. The Serb has a Grand Slam so far achieved in the Roland Garros 2008

Top seed Ana Ivanovic, No. 12 ranking on the WTA Tour, will attend the international tournament in Brisbane, with which it will begin the 2010 season.

The event organizers distributed 220 thousand U.S. dollars in prizes from January 4, indicated that Ivanovic will be tested in the event, ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australia Open in Melbourne Park.

Thus compete in Australia as the fifth seed, which also participate as fellow top seed Jelena Jankovic, followed by Serena Williams and Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva is in the fourth sowing and Venus Williams will be sixth.

Ana Ivanovic has a Grand Slam, Roland Garros in 2008 and eight titles on the WTA Tour, has been a finalist six times in singles and doubles, alongside Russia's Maria Kirilenko.

Until 2008 accumulated a total of five million 903 thousand 547 U.S. dollars in earnings, so that was placed at the Thirty-position in this field.

Serbian Ana Ivanovic and Spanish Fernando Verdasco have broken their relationship after having stayed together for just over four months.

Serbian Ana Ivanovic and Spanish Fernando Verdasco have broken their relationship after having stayed together for just over four months. This has been confirmed by sources close to the environment of the player who does not have wanted to clarify many details about the causes. The rupture has occurred two weeks ago, during the Brisbane tournament.

Ivanovic, Roland Garros champion and a finalist in the Australia Open, began dating Verdasco, champion of the Davis Cup last September, and quickly became one of the most famous couples of the circuit. Were together on holiday in Majorca, and Verdasco was revealed in Doha during the Women's Masters, along with supporting their team.

In recent months, the couple had been in Madrid, where the player, and Ana had been trained in the tracks of the Madrid Tennis Federation. He was running to see you on the podium of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium for Real Madrid's matches, the team is forofo Verdasco.

Serbian Ana Ivanovic, a former No. 1 in the world, won his first match in 2009 in Brisbane, Australia, and then had to answer a question about his new love.

The romance between her and Fernando Verdasco began when the Spanish were accompanied on their games and practices at the end of last season. Both say they are friends, but without going into further details.

Both parties disputed consecutive Pat Rafter in the sand. Ivanovic, the first preclasificada defeated 6-4 and 6-2 to Czech Petra Kvitova. And then Verdasco, the third head series, with the same score over Bernard Tomic, an Australian 16 years. In late November, Verdasco of Spain gave the decisive point on Argentina in the Davis Cup final.

At the press conference, still playing with Verdasco, Ivanovic was asked if a planned return to the stadium to see the Spanish. "I have a couple of things to do. Maybe later," he said. "But it's too late and I have to rest, tennis comes first."

"Here we are doing our job. We will have time to be together after the Australia Open," said Verdasco. "Now we have to play tennis and concentrate on that," he stressed ESPNdeportes.

Ivanovic, who lost the final of the Australia Open last year in a campaign in which up to first place in the WTA ranking, now face Italy's Roberta Vinci, I bowed to German Anna-Lena Groenefeld by 0-6, 6-3 and 6-1 in a clash between rival emerged from the stage.

In another match of the tournament worth $ 220,000 and is played on cement, French Amelie Mauresmo, another former queen of the professional circuit, won by 7-6 (11-9) and 7-6 (7-5) to Australian Jelena Dokić, special guest.

In the eighth-finals, Mauresmo, the fifth head of the series is measured with his compatriot Julie Coin, arrival of QUALY, who beat Belgian Yanina Wickmayer promise by 7-5, 6-7 (5-7) and 7-6 (7-3).

The Slovak Daniela Hantuchova (fourth favorite) succumbed to lose 6-7 (1-7), 6-4 and 6-0 before the Italian Sara Errani. Must now play against Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, who beat Romanian Monica Niculescu in the 6-7 (2-7), 6-4 and 6-4.

Favorite other bags were the Belarussian Olga Govortsova beat Italian Francesca Schiavone, the eighth preclasificada by 7-5 and 6-2 and Samantha Stosur in the local Japanese Ai Sugiyama, ninth favorite, by 6-2 and 6-3.

Meanwhile, the Italian Tathiana Garbin was imposed by the Swede Sofia Arvidsson 6-2 and 6-3, the Czech Lucie Safarova in the Australian by Isabella Holland 6-4 and 6-3, the Hungarian Melinda Czink in the Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko by 7-6 (7-3) and 6-1 and to the Bulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva by Czech Iveta Benesova 1-6, 6-4 and 6-2.